Vermont Yankee siren test to be heard in parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire as well as Vermont

Associated Press photoThe Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is seen on the banks of the Connecticut River in Vernon, Vt. last month,

VERNON, Vt. – The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is reminding people within a 10-mile radius of the plant that the emergency sirens are going to be tested early Thursday afternoon.

A total of 37 sirens are expected to sound for three minutes at 1 p.m. Thursday.

The sirens are located in the Vermont towns of Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Vernon; in New Hampshire in Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Richmond, Swanzey, and Winchester; and in Massachusetts in Gill, Colrain, Leyden, Bernardston and Northfield.